Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance

Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance is with its bases, which are spread across Sweden and Finland, Scandinavia's largest air ambulance company.

The company started its operations 2001 with two helicopterbases in Stockholm and Östersund. Since then, several bases with helicopters and planes have been added across Sweden.

The development in Sweden with the centralization of specialist care to certain hospitals increases the need for transports between hospitals. This results in higher requirements for the medical care during transport. Our vision is to be the main service provider within ambulance flights, both helicopter and airplane, in the Nordic countries. This position will be obtained through continuous focus on quality, team effort and active marketing.

Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance operates with two licenses, Air Operator Certificates (AOC). For the helicopter operations, it is Scandinavian MediCopter and for the airplane operations it is Scandinavian AirAmbulance. Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance is part of Babcock International Group.

Welcome!

2017-08-23

New simulator to be build by CAE in Oslo

Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance have during summer 2017 awarded CAE to build our own Beech 250 Full Flight Simulator. This new simulator will be based in Oslo Airport during end of 2018.

CAE is the world's leading supplier of civil flight simulators, with more than 1,000 simulators and flight training devices sold to more than 130 airlines, aircraft manufacturers and training centres. We have simulated almost every modern airliner for both major and regional carriers, as well as many of today's business jets and helicopters and have recently developed or are currently under contract to develop the ﬁrst simulators for many of the world’s newest aircraft platforms.

2017-07-03

Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance selected to operate new aircraft flee for Norwegian health service

Babcock Scandinavian Air Ambulance (SAA) has been awarded a new contract by the Norwegian government to provide communities across Norway with vital air ambulance support.

The six-year deal, with options to extend to 11 years, has a value of around £500 million. It will see Babcock operate 11 specialist fixed-wing aircraft, including a Citation Latitude jet, giving thousands of patients, particularly those in the north of the country, critical access to specialist healthcare centres nationwide.

Scandinavian AirAmbulance and Scandinavian MediCopter have run fixed wing and helicopter ambulance services in Sweden and Finland since the early 2000 and has been a part of Babcock International since 2014. By being a part of Babcock International, the Scandinavian companies have enjoyed benefits of the group’s size, but also the competence of sister companies in the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia etc. also predominantly specialists in air ambulance activities.

From 30 November 2016 the Scandinavian companies have joined the group’s brand and renamed. This means that wherever you see the Babcock brand, you will find Scandinavian AirAmbulance quality.

We are pleased to announce that Scandinavian MediCopter has a new contract with Stockholm County Council. We will be operating two Eurocopter EC145 T2 starting in December 2017. The contract is for five years with a two year option.

Region Jämtland Härjedalen and SAA have reached an agreement to activate the options on the current contract. With the options activated untill 31-12-2021 there will also be a change of helicopter to the brand new Augusta Westland 169. MD Henry Hansen is very pleased that SAA have reached this important agreement with Region Jämtland Härjedalen. The new AW169 will start up in Östersund during the first quarter of 2017. – We are also very pleased with this agreement and are looking forward to continue our collaboration for the next 5 years, says Anita Secher, Area cheif for the emergency service in Region Jämtland Härjedalen.

2015-07-11

New tender in Stockholm

On 29 June Stockholm City Council lost the appeal against our sister company(INAER) in the court. SAA are looking forward to the new tender release.

2015-05-07

One hit is enough

That’s the name of a project that SAA launched in conjunction with Karolinska sjukhuset och Personskadeförbundet RTP. During two days SAA provided a ambulancehelicopter and visited nineteen different schools in the Stockholm region. Neurosurgeons, paediatricians and neurologists from Karolinska lectured the students in the importance of protecting your brain and that one hit is enough to cause permanent damage. Scientists from Karolinska institutet als(in Swedish)o participated and in total we reached about 9000 students in varying ages. Here is a film about the project(in Swedish)

2014-10-20 Photo: Cecilia Lerneteg

First landing at nya karolinska sjukhuset

The first landing at the New Karolinska Solna helipad took place on Thursday the 10th of October. The landing was performed by Commander Richard Johansson and his crew in conjunction with noise measurements.

2012-09-25

New contract in Jämtland

Today we have signed new contracts for the helicopter in Jämtland with Jämtland County Council starting from 1 January 2013, and vaild for 5 years with possibility of extension for a further 4 years.

2012-09-23

Contract for Svalbard in the winter

We now have a contract for ambulance-transports between Svalbard and the Norwegian mainland for the coming winter. We will base a Learjet 35 at Tromsö airport from 15 November until 15 April.

2012-09-03

New contract in Gotland

We have gained a new contract on Gotland, starting on 1 April 2014. The contract is valid for 5 years with possibility of extension for a further 2 years. We will replace the current EC145 with a brand new Bell 429.

2012-04-16

New base in Rovaniemi

Today, April 16, we have opened our new helicopterbase in Rovaniemi in northern Finland. This is our ninth helicopterbase and the third in Finland. Operations will be carried out with an AS 365 N2.

2012-02-22

Agreement on air ambulance in Norway

With our Learjet 35, we now have an agreement with Luftambulansetjenesten Norway (Norwegian government) during the period 2012.02.27-2012.05.01, standing standby at Tromso lufthavn for ambulance services between Svalbard and the mainland, and for other long ambulances that our Learjet is suitable for.

2012-02-16

First in Northern Europe with new EC 145 T2!

On 10 February we signed a 10-year contract with FinnHEMS for operations in Rovaniemi, Oulu and Kuopio (Varkaus). We will start up with two EC 135 P2 in Oulu and Varkaus and an AS 365 N2 in Rovaniemi. Monday 13 February we signed as the first operator in Northern Europe a contract for four brand new EC 145 T2 for the Finnish contract. These will be delivered during 2014.

2012-01-01

Signed contract in Finland

The contract in Finland is now signed and we are now operating the helicopters in Oulu and Varkaus on behalf of FinnHEMS. In february we will also start operate a helicopter in Rovaniemi.